Published 22:34 IST, October 24th 2020
Rashid Khan produces a magical delivery to dismiss KL Rahul; Punjab skipper left clueless
As the race for qualifiers heats up and Punjab and Hyderabad meet in a do-or-die game, Rashid Khan yet again stepped up to dismiss the biggest threat - KL Rahul
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Afghanistan bowler Rashid Khan has been Hyderab's spinmaster and Warner's go-to person whenever team requires a big wicket. Afghan spinner has rarely failed to spin his magic during game and has continued his form in IPL 2020 so far. As race for qualifiers heats up and Punjab and Hyderab meet in a do-or-die game, Rashid Khan yet again stepped up to dismiss biggest threat - KL Rahul.
However, to dismiss in-form Punjab skipper, Rashid h to produce a magical delivery leaving Rahul completely clueless. While Rahul has been on a purple patch this season, he failed to re Afghan's googly which hit stumps dislodging bails. Watch magical delivery here
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Rashid's beautiful delivery left netizens stunned as well. Here's how y reacted:
With fall of KL Rahul's wicket and Mayank Agarwal's absence, Punjab h lost ir backbone and relied on middle-order to perform. However, Hyderab's bowlers left room for Punjab batsmen to break ir shackles and go big. bowlers stuck hard to ir line and length, limiting Punjab to merely 126 at end of 20 overs.
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After putting Punjab to bat first, Hyderab got off to a brilliant start with bat as well. Warner and Bairstow kept scoreboard ticking comfortably and finished powerplay without losing any wicket. However, just after powerplay, Ravi Bishi bagged skipper Warner's wicket while Ashwin cleaned up Bairstow from or end, getting Punjab back into game. Hyderab are 58/2 after 7.2 overs and need 67 runs more.
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22:34 IST, October 24th 2020